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LANCASTER DA II A iMELLlGENCEK MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1881.
Eancastet Intelligences
MONDAY EVENING, NOV. 21, 18B1.
Citizeii Republicans.
Sjiue of the simple-minded gentlemen
who attended the sere-head Republican
conference in Philadelphia the ether
day seem leth te have their position
stated in the way Congressman Bayue
put it, viz. : opposition te the machine
within the party line and graceful sub
mission te it when beaten. The editor
of the Nev; Era, who was one of them,
says Bayne never said it. lie ought te
knew : but if he didn't, manifestly the
reporter who thus translated and con
densed what he did say had a geed deal
better knowledge of the English language
than the congressman. It is a very curi
ous thing indeed that any man of in
telligence in this movement should fail
te see that his position is exactly what it
issententiouslystatedtebe in the expres
sion attributed te Mr. Bayne. The editor
of the New Era is a veritable ostrich in
self-deception if he does net understand
that a Tight witiiin the party lines means
submission when beaten. Of course a
great many men fight within the party
and don't submit when they are beaten ;
just as Wolfe did in this campaign; but
then they cannot de this, obviously,
while proclaiming that they de net be
lieve in contending outside the party.
The Ncxn Era, editor can only pretest his
intelligence at the cost of his honesty;
for if he intends te fight outside the
party lines, after being defeated inside,
then he makes a false pretense in main
taining that the trouble in his party can
only be properly corrected within its
lines.
If these men have any distinctive idea
in their " Citizens' Republican Associa
tion " it is the. purpose they declare
te contend only within their party.
Otherwise they have nothing te dis
tinguish them from Mr. "Wolfe's Inde
pendent Republican party. Wolfe an
nounces his purpose te be te fight the
machine leaders of his partt outside of
it, and pretests his disbelief in the
efficacy of any ether method of getting
them out of its control. He purposes
maintaining his organization, giving his
" moral and material aid " te the "Citi
zen Republicans," in their proposed con
test within the party, and taking up the
fight where they leave it off. Plainly the
parties of Republican malcontents expect
te assist each ether, the "Wolfe men
voting at the primaries with the " Citi
zen Republicans'" and the latter with
"Wolfe at the polls. This nice-looking,
deuble-barreled arrangement will hard
ly work. The two parties opposed te
the regular Republican army will net be
as strong as though they were one, and
will be beaten in detail. Tiiere is tee
much "tomfoolery" and hypocrisy
about the Citizens' Republican movement
te make its appearance in the political
field grateful and gracious te the public
eye. Since there is such an important
body of Republicans as that behind
Wolfe, determined te beat the machine
Republican organization by fighting the
party along with it, it is obviously neces
sary for all Republicans who de net like
their present leadership te act with their
positive associates in theirreselutc effort
te put them out, if they hope te get
them out. The policy of submission
wenrt de it, when fifty thousand Repub
licans reject it, whether it is done
" gracefully " or otherwise ; and te ex
press such a policy, while denouncing
the offensive leaders as unfit for popular
trust, simply exposes the " Citizeii Re
publicans " te a ridicule and contempt,
under which they will be weak enough
te be knocked down with a feather.
Jem;: Livingston fitly signalizes
bis recent re-election te the most respect
able and most responsible position in
the county by pointedly directing the
grand inquest's attention te numerous
abuses of tee long standing and tee easy
tolerance. Every one of the subjects he
refers te deserves rigorous treatment.
There are se'nie ethers he might
have included in his deliver
ance, mic ne lias cue out quite as
much work as one grand jury will de
well, if it does it at all. The negligence
or waste in prison management and the
illy adjusted regulations under which
that place is run, are characteristic of
ether departments of administration of
our county affairs. "We will be con
tent te see them reformed one at a time
if the work i3 begun at once with the
sincere and active co-operation of court
and grand jury. The small dodge of
punishing these who steal railroad rides
as tramps is a perversion of law upon
which the court very properly puts its
loot down weightily. Rut most prolific
of all abuses is the multiplication of
criminal business by magistrates and
ether officerffer the sake of increasing
official fees. This practice, indulged in
by district attorneys for years se eontin eentin eontin
eusly, in Judge Livingston's court, te
its great scandal, has corrupted the
county and robbed its treasairy. We
have always held that the court should
have cut it up by the roots by pillorying
its own guilty officers. Their unpunished
example and their uninterrupted profit
from it have encouraged aldermen te
carry it te the point of highway robbery,
as in the case pointed out by Judge Liv
ingston. "We are glad te welcome him
as a coadjutor in the Intelligencer's
work in this direction.
The New Yerk Pest suggests te Mr.
MacVeagh that he had better explain
the cause of his resignation. "Wc think
net. Sensible people like men te be
willing te let their acts speak for them.
Intelligent people understand why Mr.
MacVeagh resigned. One additional
fact is new contributed te the history of
the case, which should step dispute as te
the propriety of his action. It seems
that the president expressed his willing
ness te relieve the attorney general,
named te him his successor, and the
time when he would send his name in
for confirmation ; afterward he changed
his mind ; but could he ask Mr. Mac-
A'padl f.Oil:inrft in hia vnrvitur tilling V
m d
One who bad occasion te call en Ar
thur found hiui in the company of
Legan, Cameren and Filley the old
crowd as it were.
The idea of mutilating the president's
body and abstracting a portion of it in
court te be submitted as evidence and for
cress-examination in the fingers of the
assassin, seems te have been the conceit
of Bliss. Public opinion has been long
divided as te which of these two men
was the mere responsible for the presi
dent's death ; it new becomes a question
which has made the worse exhibition of
himself en the trial, Guiteau or Bliss.
The question is whether the Ameri
can Bible society is a fat overgrown
monopoly, run for the benefit of a let of
salaried offices and tending te obstruct
the free circulation of the Scriptures.
Even a great many people who de net
credit this accusation insist upon a vigor
ous shaking up and showing up of its
management that the public may learn
all about it.
R.VMSUELTs liqmblb: calls MacVeagh
" malicious, mischievous and menda
cious," " the Iago of Iagees." But
then Arthur has just given Ramsdell an
office !
Tub new secretary of the treasury
drinks milk" milk for babes."
Like the author of the lives of the lords
chancellor, Bliss has added a new terror
te death.
Thk aucieut and modern civilizations
meet in a kindergarten just established in
Athens.
In explanation of some emissions from
a work recently published in Bosten, the
enterprising publishers say they " crept
in by mistake."
Tin-: editor of the New Era, who was
thcre and ought te knew, positively denies
that Congressman Bay no said at the lude
pendent conference iu Philadelphia ;
' ' This contest is te be carried en strictly
within the party ; we will make an effort
te capture the convention, but if the ma
chine and its methods overcemo us then
will gracefully submit." The editor
should tell us wherein this differs from the
propesod pregramme and what Bayne did
say.
Tin-: Independent editor of the Press
apparently satisfies himself and thinks te
satisfy its readers with this :
The difference between reform within
the party ami reform without the party is
that 0:10 is reform te improve and the
ether is inform te destroy ; it the difference
between stepping a train with a rail across
the track and stepping it by handling the
brakes and the throttle-valve.
Bless his innocent soul, don't he knew
that he and his are never te be entrusted
with the brakes and throttle-valve '.' Seats
en the machine reserved for the bosses.
As the Tribune discredits a recently re
ported interview with Grant iu which he
despiscs its editors, Blaine and the rest of
them, the Ledger's New Yerk correspond
cnt plumply tells it that if the Tribune is
really desiieus of knowing precisely what
General Grant said, as well as what he
did net say, it would be apt te arrive at
safer conclusienp, if it would have re
course te the proper source of informa
tion. " That is te say, the editor seems
te doubt whether any such conversation
took place ; the readiest way te vciify or
discredit it, one would naturally suppose,
would bs te seethe general himself about
it. There is no man en Manhattan island
mera accessible than he, and what is mere
his eflicD is within five minutes' easy walk
of the Tribune building." Which means
that Grant is waiting for the Tribune man
te call.
There is nothing new under the suu in
the deviltry of Philadelphia politics and
the devices by which the rogues there
cscape punishment in the courts, but the
old tricks arc being worked te geed pur
pose new that the limit after political ras
cals is getting warm. The case of Jacob
Albright, William Tully, jr., and Jehn J.
Keating, election officers of the Sixth di
vision of the Fourth ward, charged with
making a false return of votes cast for
Mayer Kin:; last February, failed te reach
a trial the ether day, ewiug te a change
in the counsel, and the subsequent flight
of 1 ully and Keating, but it would have
bceu proceeded with te day. The exami
nation of ths ballet boxes would have been
neccssarv te show the fraud aud disclese
that the boxes were stuffed and the
ballets miscounted. New en the eve of
this trial it is discovered that the Repub
lican ring county commissioners Deng
lass and Martin lcceutly obtained all the
ballet boxes of last February, burnt their
contents and thus effectually destroyed the
evidence necessary te convict the accused.
The act of the commissioners was wholly
unlawful aud unnecessary as the statute
requires all boxes te be kept scaled for a
year aud there wa3 another set of empty
boxes that could have been u-cd for the
late elections.
PERbONAL.
N.sr has lest $30,000 silver mining The
shoemaker should stick te his last.
Ferrest used te say he played Hamlet,
Richard, Shylock and Virqinius, but "I am
Lan:"
HcGiiEv Dougherty, negre minstrel
and wife, have adopted a Dutch baby
which is named (sweet) " Evelina Keller."
Maheuc thinks Riddleueruer will be
the Virginia senator. Wise would threw
tee big a shadow for Mahenc te live in.
Among four men who the Pittsburgh
1 'est says will "under no circumstances
accept a free railroad pass" is Judge
Agnew. Is the Pest suic he did net use
one when he was en the supreme bench of
this state.
"General D. G. SwAiMwas the next wit
ness, lie said that he was the last person
te whom Mr. Garfield spoke his last
words beiug, ' Oh. Swaim !' " It is just
as well Swaim took the stand aud swore
te this. It is his last appcara-cc.
Of the eighteen new rooms in Eugenie's
residence at Farnborough 0110 is te be
fitted up with relics of the Prince Leuis
Napeleon ; Victeria has her princa con
sort's room at Balmoral exactly as he left
it, hat and gloves en the tabic and his
effigy in the apartment, lie gustibus non,
even of empresses, queens aud presiden
tial doctors.
Julian Hawthorne is studying Irish
sccuery for a new novel, thence he gees te
Reme and the Lughsk think he may yet 1
attain his father's fame. Oscar Wilde, :
the e.'sthctic poet, is coming ever next !
mouth. Minister Lewell is in Reme for
health. King Alfonse is a geed shot,
bat his mother and sister beat him
sheeting.
Arthur will have no lady of the
White Heuse, but the cabinet ladies will
take turn about helping him te entertain.
He has taken the pew in St. Jehn's
church, Washington, which was occupied
by President Madisen and ether presidents
who followed him. The pew was set
apart in 1816 for the president's use free
of charge. The treasurer's books, how
ever, show that its occupants, without
exception, insisted upon paying the an
nual rental.
James R. Yeung writes from Wash
ington that Sceville conducts himself
admirably, and has gained the geed will
and sympathy of everybody by his straight
forward, manly, and unassuming course.
He is net a strong man in cress examina
tion, and has consequently let many op
portunities slip te help his plea of the
prisoner's insanity. Had he been a Brew
ster, or a James Heverin, or a Dick
White, in his cress examination of Blaiae,
he could have get from Blaine the opinion
that the prisoner was net a sane man.
He touched up te the point several times,
but from a lack of acuteness failed te
reach.
Geerge Law, who died a millionaire last
Friday, began the world iu Trey, N. Y.,
without a friend in the world. One day,
while passing along River street, a hod hed
carrier who was carryiug bricks for the
masons en an unfinished building, foil
from the ladder aud broke his leg. Yeung
Law stepped up te the foreman aud said,
"Can I have that man's place?" " Did
you ever carry a hed ?" asked the foreman
" Ne." " Yeu will break your leg, aud
perhaps your neck." "I will run the risk."
said Geerge Law, and from this beginning
he became one of the wealthiest builders
and railroad contractors in the United
States, always "running risks," but for
many years everything he touched turned
te geld, though he could hardly write
words of three syllables without misspell
ing them. He was the father-in-law of
Captain May, of Mexican war fame, and
fitted out the ship which pursued and cap
tured Bill Peele's murderer. Mr. Law was
always conspicuous in public, being six
feet three inches in height, aud weighing
250 pounds. His head was always re
garded as a study by sculptors, who said
that his great vitality was pictured
iu the massive abundanee of hair, which
early became iren-giay aud later of a
snowy white.
CRIME AND DISASTER.
The Vudget of llloedy News.
Michael Edelbert, of Richmond, de
ranged by his wife's infidelity with his
brother and flight te Germany with their
children, has killed himself with a pistol.
A. B. Thornten, editor of the Boone Beene
ville, Me., Neics. was shot and killed by
Themas A. McDcrmau, city marshal, for
abusing him. Van Dewcll, an illicit dis
tiller at Gallatin, Tenn., refused te sur
render te a federal deputy marshal aud
was shot dead. Edward aud Alexander
Heward, colored boys, at Franklin, Louis
iana, murdered Richard Kane O'Neill,
aged 14, in a field. During a dance at
Les duces, New Mexico, Savery Gomez
stabbed his wife te death ; Nicholas
Armijo fatally shot his cousin, M. Armijo,
Joe Miller kicked Juan Vailauuva, a
Mexican, te death, and Charles McNeal
shot and killed Passala Cassada, a Mexi
can woman.
W. C. Partlow, keeper of the Farallenc
light house, with four fishermen aud a
boy, left San Francisce, last Weducsday
morning, for his station, and arc supposed
te have been lest. Allen Turner, sr., a
druggist, died from fear and excitement
during the progress of a fire in Brockville,
Ontario. The "pink eye" is very preva
lent among the horses of Brooklyn. N. Y.
Over 100 horses, victims of the disease,
have died en the streets. An express
train en the Canada Pacific railroad was
frozen in near Ossewa, south of Lake
Manitoba by the sudden overllew of the
lake aud a rapid fall iu the temperature
A temporary track will be laid en the ice.
The sheriff of Bourbon county, Kansas,
has captured the notorious Richard Little,
one of the James gang et train robbers, at
his father's house, e0 miles from Fert
Scott. The state offered $10,000 and the
railroad companies 3,000 for him. He
was in the Glcudaln and Blue Cut robber
ies, and the leader in the Winsten affair,
iu which three persons were killed.
Lynched.
Duraud, Wis., was crowded en Satuiday
afternoon with people who had come in te
hear the examination of Ed. Maxwell, one
of the outlaws who had shot and killed the
Celcmau brothers. After his confession
in a thronged court house, a rope was
thrown around his neck. He made a
feeble effort te extricate himself, but was
instantly jerked down through the aisle of
the court room te the stairway aud thence
te the ground. He was then dragged te
a tree a few reds distaut, the rope was
thrown ever a limb and quickly hauled
tight, and Ed. Maxwell was swinging in
the air. It seems that the lynching was
precencerted, and if net participated iu by
the masses received their tacit ceusent.
The widows of Charles and Henry Colc Celc
mau were prcseut. It is said that Max
well was dead from strangulation before
the lynchers leached the tree.
A Wealtny Stock Dealer's Sniloset Suicide.
The body of Sylvester Dedge, a leading
citizen of Waupum, Wis., was feuud in
the Menemcnee river, wheie it had prob
ably been for several days. Dedge was a
stock dealer of great wealth, and was
building'an elegant residence in Waupum.
He came te the city a few days asre te pur-
cbase marble mantles ler his new home,
and had a large sum et money en his per
son when last seen. At an early hour a
policeman found a coat en the banks of the
river in a secluded place, and en it was
pinned a paper en which was written,
" This belongs te S. Dedge of Waupum,
who was drowned." In a pocket was found
$23. The body was found in the water
near by ; it bore no marks of foul play. At
first it was thought that the man had
been murdered, but if that had been the
case, the money would probably "net have
been left in the peckct.'A valuable watch
was also found in a vest pocket. When
the news was broken te the family, it was
learned that Mr. Dedge had been acting
quecrly at times since last summer, when
he was struck by lightning. The sup
position is, that he lest his money
in some way ana tucn committed suicide.
The police, however, belicvc that he was
murdered.
STATE ITEMS.
Wm. Dealvillc, aged 4e, semercauHin"
in Pittston, had fatal fall.
Charlette furnace office, Scottdale, West
moreland comity, burned, and Jehn Shaw,
sleeping in it, perished.
St.David's Episcopal church cornerstone,
at Hyde Park, Scranton, laid en Friday,
iuuucu m us contents en Saturday night.
David M. Keutitz was struck and killed
by a train en the Allegheny Valley rail
road, in the city of Pits-burgh.
Wesley Cornelius, aged 30, fell down
the stairs of his Philadelphia house, and
broke his neck.
The Philadelphia mint coined fifty mill
ions of geld this year live times as much
as in any previous year.
Mrs. Hannah Battcrsby, "net the fat
woman, but the lamest lame lad v."
leaves her Fraukferd home te enter a
Bowery 'museum. Weight 720.
Richard Evans, put off a street ear for
refusing te pay fare at Kingsten, across
the river from Wlikesb.irre, returned te
the car te beard it. Was run ever and kill
ed. Iu Cheltenham township, Montgomery
county, Mrs. Mary Dougherty, wife of a
shovel maker, in preparing breakfast set
her clothes en fire and was burned te
death.
A new thing in the Quaker city, was
the appearance of the bridesmaids at the
wedding of Mr. Clement S. Phillips te
Miss Anna C. Biddle at St. Clement's,
wearing white bonnets and carryiug ivory
bound prayer books instead of bouquets.
Fanuy Walters, a notorious female
saloon-keeper en Diamond alley Pitts
burgh, has been convicted of employing
lady waiters in her saloon. About twenty
girls were employed te lure men into her
place and ceu'utrymen were frequently
robbed by the degraded women. Sen
tence was suspended until Lena Wilsen,
another saloon-keeper, is tried for the
same offense. Fanny discharged all her
girls next morning.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE UUAMA.
Hazel Kirke " at the Opera lleuse.
That the beautiful play of "Hazel Kirke"
has taken firm held of the affections of the
Lancaster public was evidenced en Satur
day evening when Fulton opera house was
crowded te the walls by an audience made
up of the wealth, beauty and culture of
our geed city, te witness its third presenta
tion here. It was an uncommonly
brilliant audience, and a very sympathetic
one tee, as a glance 'round the hall during
any of the mere affecting passages would
have revealed.in the furtive use of pocket
handkerchiefs that, te teil the truth, was
net confined solely te the soft
hearted women in the assemblage. The
play was put en the stage iu capital style.
Miss Georgia Cayvan's rendition of the
title rele was an altogether artistic piece
of work. The spirit of the part has taken
held of her and iu return she gives a faith
ful reproduction. Her physical attributes
amply qualify her te carry out the author's
conceit of a fair-faced,pure-hearted, lovable
young girl forced by the sheer prompt prempt
ings of nature te brook the displeas
ure of her stern paternal relative, a
character by the way which it requires
the utmost straiu upon the average sense te
transform into any ether view than that of
absolute repulsivcuess.Old Hirke,thQ miller,
is nothing mere nor less than a mercenary,
malicious, hard-hearted old wretch, willing
te sacrifice the hopes aud happiness of an
only daughter and wreck his own house
hold merely for the sake of fulfilling what
he in his own brutal and unreasonable stub
bornness pleases te regard as his duty. The
view one gets of this old party's character
is net by any means a gratifying
one, exhibiting him iu the light of an un
conscionable coward and a selfhJi aud
unnatural parent, which impression is net
dispelled even in the final reconciliation
witli his daughter, after the curses he had
heaped upon her unoffending head have
come home te him in the shape of blind
ness and imbecility. But net te diverge
tee far from Saturday uicht's performance
into a subject that has by this time per
haps passed beyond the domain of ordi
nary criticism by reason of the general
acceptance of the play aud an ostensible re
gard of old Jurke as a stern Reman
Brutus (whbh we deu't believe is genuine
at all), it may be truthfully repeated Miss
Cay van's Hazel was a thoroughly meritor
ious performance, se even iu its every
phase that it were difficult indeed te sig
nify its features of special worth. The
call befere the curtain at the close of the
second act was a well-deserved compli
ment, however. Miss Margaret (-'one gave
us a very pleasing Delly JJutten, infusing
the character with the necessary amount
of piquancy and buoyant spirits, which
admirably supplement a remarkably
pretty' face and graceful liirure. Mr.
Wlieatleigh's Dunstan Jurke is se mani
festly ar inferior imitation of Mr. Coul Coul
deck's that it docs net call for special re
mark further than te note the disci epaucy
iu execution thus exhibited, and ene that
is net at all advantageous te Mr. Wheat
Icigh. While as te Mr. limbeck's Pittacus
Green, though it may net be amiss te say
that Tem Wbiffcn alone has given te the
public a l'tttcus that was the " ginuiuc
article," Mr. Biubcck's was still a very
clever and pleasing performance net se
wholly satisfactory as Whiffen's, better
than Fergusen's. Whiffcn, we under
stand, has withdrawn from the part, se
that, in the lauguae of popular collo
quialism, Mr. Burbeck " takes the cake."
The miner characters were capably ren
dered, the appointments all that were
needful, and the management have ample
cause for congratulation upon the success
of their presentation of the play befere an
audience that had witnessed its rendition
by the Ellsler-Couldeck company, and de
tects points of superiority iu each.
I HE REAL ESTATE MARKET.
Recent Miles in Town aud County.
II. Shubcrt, auctioneer and real estate
agent, sold for W. U. Heusel, administra
tor of Themas D. Kelly, deceased, a va
cant let of ground situated en the north
west corner of East Orange and Marshall
streets, 129 feet front, te J. U. Fritchy for
$2,800.
Henry Shubcrt also sold at public sale,
November 11), at the Keystone hotel, a
two story brick dwelling house, belonging
te the estate of Jacob Shirk, deceased, sit
uated en the west side of North Queen
street between Frederick and New streets,
Ne. 028, te Peter Resenfclt, for $2,475.
Iu Lititz. the property of the late Anuie
Sutter, widow of General Sutter, en Main
street, has bceu sold te Jacob L. Steh
man, of New Haven, for $5,000. Mr.
Stehman will meve te Lititz. The lets en
Spruce street, of the estate of J. B.
Tshudy, deceased, were sold te II. II.
Tshudy for $1,280. Peter Amnion has
bought of the administrators of Jehu
Breneman, a house en Main street for
$1,200. The property of Jacob L. Min
nicb, en Bread street, has been sold te
Jehnsen Miller for $3,200.
In and areuud Akren : Geerge Adam
sold bis home te Mrs. Isaac Shirk, for
$2,100 ; Mrs. Hannah Adam sold her farm
of six acres te Samuel Hciscr for $1,700,
who resold te Geerge Adam for $1,800.
Geerge Ruhl sela te Reuben Graybill
his farm of 140 acres, in Penu township,
for (112 per acre,
The Reed farm at Andrews Bridge, Lan
caster county, containing 22 acres, has
been bought by Jehn Baldwin, or Home Heme
villc, Upper Oxford, for $2,000.
The Republican Kales.
An adjourned meeting of the committee
Iitely appointed te revise the rules gov
erning the primary elections of the Re
publican paity of this county was held
te-day at 11 o'clock. Only three members
of the committee were present : A. J.
Kauffmau, of Columbia, chairman, and
Jehn A. Hiestand, of the Examiner, and
J. M. W. Geist, of the New Era. Ne
business was transacted except the ap
pointment of the gentlemen above named
as a sub-committee te report te the full
cnmmittce, such alterations in the rules as
they may agree upon the full committee
afterwards te report te the county com
mittee. Had Iteya.
Complaints are made that a gang of
boys and young men, ranging in age from
twelve years te twenty, are in the habit of
congregating every evening en or in the
vicinity of the Mulberry street railroad
bridge, indulging in rude and unseemly
sports, and insulting passers-by with vul
gar and ebsceue language. Last evening
the crowd was very disorderly, and gentle
men who were obliged te pass there in
company with ladies say the conduct of
the gang was reprehensible in the ex
treme. They think the police should
make mere frequent visits te this locality
and arrest the young ruffians who assemble
there.
NOVEMBER COURT.
A LARGE
WUMBEtt OF
TRIAL.
CASES EOli
Serious Offenses 011 the 1.11 Vigorous
Charge te the UraeiLJury.
This morning the regular November
term of quarter sessions court began, with
Judge Livingston presiding. On the list
for trial there are 160 cases, the crimes
ranginz from murder down te tramp.
Levi Myers, of West Hcmpfield town
ship, was chosen foreman of the grand
jury,after which Judge Livingston charged
them iu their various duties at great
length.
Te the Grand Jury.
Iii charging the grand jury Judge Liv Liv
iugten explained iu detail aud forcibly the
duties of its members and the responsibil
ities of their position. He noted that of
the presentations te be made te them
there were 5J for murder, 1 forgery, 8 lar
ceny, 15 tramps, 3 carrying concealed
weapons, and the balance miner offenses.
Referring te the "tramps," he read the
tramp act and directed attention te the
facithat persons arrested for riding en
freight trains could net be convicted aud
dealt with as tramps at the public expense.
After explaining their powers te dispose
of costs and their rights and duties iu
ignoring bills, the court referred the mem
bers of the grand inquest te the abuses of
officials in multiplying complaints te in
crease their fees, aud said :
" In the prison te day you will find sev
entcen persons who were committed by an
aldermauef this city about the ed day of
September; en the 5th he had them
brought out for a hearing, sent them back
for a further hearing. On the 9th four of
them were committed for trial -st"ttamps,
the balauce, we believe, for drunken and
disorderly conduct, te from 20 te 50 days
imprisonment. Some days after that,
without rehearing, he seut up commit
ments holding eight mere of them for
tramps, and by the time he was done with
these men, he had, as you will liud,
seventy seven or seventy-eight commit
ments against them. We merely mention
this as a specimen. Yeu will of course ex
amine for yourselves, and report lull par
ticulars with names of magistrates where
you find such multiplication of commit
ments. "
Iu directing their visitation te the pub
lic institutions, the court told the grand
inquest te inquire particularly into the
manufacturing departments at the prison,
cigarmaking, sheemakiug, weaving, &c,
te liud out the cost of the raw material,
labor, superintendence, &c, aud the reve
nues from the preduct.aud tee what'prelir,
if any, was obtained, aud whether or net
the ceuvict labor could be mere profitably
hired out and the paid evcrsceia disnrss
ed. The cost of the keeper's private de
partments ; the lavish use of gas in the
prison cellar, where a geed portable coal
oil lamp would answer all purposes ; the
election of underkcepers. &c., in January
who de net take their scats until April ;
the taking of the inventory Nev. 30 when
the fiscal year ends, while the official
year docs net end until December 31 ; the
frequency of escapes, aud the failure te
keep a record of the behavior of long term
prisoneis se that it could he seen whejwas
entitled te commutation all these were
matters of proper investigation, te show
where the abuses existing arise from, what
is the proper remedy and in what the laws
aud regulations of the prison need change
and its management requires reform.
It is only fair that it should be stated
that the alderman referred te by Judge
Livingston is Alderman Spurrier, whose
acceuut of his action in the matter will be
published as seen as the Lntelliuenixr
cau obtain it. Reporter.
On Trial.
Iu the case of Jehn Shell, charged with
selling liquor ou Sunday, a verdict of net
euilty was taken, as from the examination
of the witnesses it appeared that the de
fendant sold sweet cider, which was net
intoxicating.
The first case taken up for jury trial was
that of Cem'th vs. Jacob Axe, charged
with felonious assault aud battery. The
prosecutor was Wm. Bewlcy, who resides
near Hbncybroek, Chester county, right
across the line from Lancaster county.
The defendaut resides 011 the old Herse
Shee turnpike in Caernarvon township at a
point where the Waynesboro and New
Helland railroad runs under the pike.
The testimony of the prescutcr
showed that ou the 7th of May last
Bewley was driving his cow along the
pike when he was met by the defendaut,
who began abusing him by swearing, Arc,
aud finally struck him with his list. Alter
that he caught held of Bewley and in a
tussle both fell down the hank en the rail
road track, and Axe fell an top. He then
picked up a stone and .'truck Bewley en the
head.cutting it badly. Bewley also had his
arm broken se that he had te carry it in a
sling for sevcral weeks. A physician tes
tified that he attended Bcwley's injuries.
The defense has that upon this day Axe
was walking along the pike with Bewlcy
when the two had seme words; finally
Bewley hit him, and both clinched and
rolled down ever the embankment te the
railroad together ; Bewlcy get en top and
struck Axe with a stone twice, injuring
him se badly that he was insensible for
seme time ; Axe did net strike Bewlcy
once. Catharine Axe aud Charles Rcirt
corroborated the statement of the defend
ant, and Dr. Ringwalt testified that he at
tended defendant, whose face was badly
cnt. Witnesses testified te the geed char
acter of defendant for peace.
Preliminary Injunction Grained.
In March, 1878, Helen Marks purchased
a house 'en North Queen street, this city,
bstwecn Lemen and Walnut streets.
In December, 1879, Daniel M. Hess, of
Quarryville, obtained a judgment against
lescph Marks and issued an execution en
which he proposed te sell this heuse of
plaintiff, who this morning asked for a
preliminary injunction te restrain Hess
from selling the property. The injunction
was granted, plaintiff giving bail in $300
te, cover all damages which may arise.
Viewers Appointed.
Mrs. Ami McGrann and Catherine J.
McGovern, executers of the estate of Jehu
R. McGovern and Mary Ann Wcstir.au,
presented petitions te the court for the
assessment of damages caused by the
Pennsylvania railroad company taking
part of their lands iu the construction of
their new line of read abeve the city. The
court appointed David B. Meugcr, Dou Deu
glasville, Berks county : C. II. Hellingcr,
Aunville. Lebanon county ; Andrew Mere-
dith, Lebanon
Charles Van Reed, Read-
ing, Frederick
Berks county.
B. Hesslcr, Hamburg,
Insolvent Discharged.
Geerge W. Moere, an insolvent debtor,
was discharged.
Seriously Hurt.
As published in Saturday's Intelligen
cer, Jehn Helt, hired man for J. Suavely,
near Manheim, was severely cut en the
forehead by a pitcher in the hands of a burly
negre, whom licit caught under a bed in
the house with supposed intent te rob.
Dr. J. Francis Dunlap was instantly sum
moned and is attending the injured man,
who is in a very critical condition while
his murderous assailant is allowed te
escape.
In Town.
N. T. Blake, the temperance
man, who
several years a"0 held
meetings in this
city, is in town.
Mrs. Veronica Harman, of Orange City,
Iowa a daughter of Prof. Scumcid, form
erly a teacher of music in this city, is new
in Lancaster visiting old friendc. She is
a guest of Mrs. Jacob Waltz, Ne. 39
North Charlette street,
OOLUMBIA NEWS.
OUR REGULAR CORRESfONUENCE.
3Iiss Anuie Filbert, who has been visit
ing friends in Philadelphia, returned home
en Saturday alter an absence of nearly
ten weeks.
On acceuut of financial difficulties the
coach works of Mr. Wm. Piukerteu were
taken possession of en last Saturday. This
morning it opened under the new firm of
Redsecker & Musser, the forraer the
liverymau, the latter the undertaker.
Mr. B. Lichty returned te his regular
office in the west yard this morning, hav
iug been en the sick list.
The programme of the M. E. chinch for
yesterday was fully carried out, aud the
services were largely attended, especially
the services in the cveniug, the gallery
and down stairs beiug crowded. After
the regular services revival meeting was
held with some success. Since their open
ing, two weeks age, thirty six persons
have been converted aud are new workers
iu the vineyard.
Exploring the Pert Uenu-.lt Wreck.
The Columbia wreck car and wreckers
left the west yard yesterday at 7:30 a. 111.
for the scene of the wreck that happened
en the Pert Deposit railroad seme weeks
age. Upen arriving there, work was at once
commenced upon the engine that lay ever
the embankment. It was "jacked up "
even with the irclined track that had been
laid, and ropes attached te different parts
of the engine te numerous trees. Anether
thick rope was then hooked te an engine
stauding en the main track. This engine
then started very slowly until the rope be
came taut. The disabled locomotive
moved a little, and after several attempts,
was placed en the inclined track. When
this was deue.a loud clapping of hands aud
yells followed. All the ropes, excepting
two, were then taken off, aud the work of
pulling the. cngiue up the bank began.
Within six feet of the main track work
men succeeded in getting it, when a seri
ous accident occurred. The hook en ene
of the ropes broke, letting the whele
weight of the engine ou the ethers, and
their being fastened te a tree unable te
stand the straiu, it was pulled out by the
roots, the engine slippiug back within two
feet of its former position. Several of the
men were hurt. Gee. Seltzer and Adam
Fechliugcr were stauding near the tree.
The former saw his danger in time
te dodge, but in doing se slipped and roll
ed down the hill, receiving several slight
scratches. Fechlinger was net se lucky.
The rope struck him with great force,
knocking him down aud his head striking
a rock was severely cut. One of the repair
men, under charge of Carpenter Brooks of
Yerk, had held of the rope at the time of
the accident , and when it broke he was
thrown five feet in the air, aud in falling
struck his shoulder ou the rope severely
bruising that member. Had it net been
that he lauded in the position he did his
neck might have beeu broken. Several
ether persons received slight scratches and
bruises. About two tens of rock and
dirt were loosened. After the accident
no ether attempt was made te raise the en
gine, and after picking up tue wrecking
tools, a start for home was madc,rcachiug
here about 3:40 p. m. The accident oc
curred about 2 p. 111. Anether trial will
will be made some week day, next Tues
day probably. Stronger ropes and ether
wreck material will be prepared. On the
day the trial will be made, transfer trains
will run ; that is, a train will be run from
Columbia te this side of the wreck,
aud another from Pert Deposit te
the ether side of the wreck. The men
have a very difficult place te work at,
being riyht ou the side of a very steep
hill and in water. Mr. Ben Lichty opened
a wreck telegraph office and word was
sent every few minutes te Columbia as
te the progress that was being made. But
the accident tere down several of the
wires and the news did net reach here
until the car returned home.
lturen;4li l.rteltt.
.Masen McFaddcn, P. R. R. brakeman,
net seriously hurt, scratched in a wreck
at Hoopes's weeds. David Grccuwaid
and L. G. Allen, of Clark's spool cotton
factory, iu town. Strickler property
withdrawn at $0,700. " Twe Orphaus "
deserve oed heuse te-night. In St.
Paul's P. E. church Thanksgiving, prayers
offered for Michigan. suffercn. Old col
ored school heuse sold fjr $41, te be re
moved by Dec. 1. Fifth Street school
house epcucd and occupied this morning.
Ce. C drill te-night. Davis Murphy's
heirs sold Ne. 218 Union stiect teOrval
Kittersfer$930.
Magazine Article:, et Lecal Interest.
Iii the December number of the Century,
formerly Scribncr, Oswald Scidcnsticker
has au illustrated article of 15 pages en
" A Colonial Monastery, " which relates
te Ephrata aud its cloister buildings.
There is nothing particularly new te local
readers in the text of the article, though
the old story is well told ; but the pictures
arc geed, including sketches of the saal
aud saren, the brother house, initials
from the old mauusciipts, "Sister Paul
ine's" basket, "In the Garret,"the old stile
and graveyard, mementoes of Beisscl and
fanciful illustrations en the subjects
" Foet-washiug," "The Supposed Monas
tery of Wissahickcn," a precession of the
Sisters, " The Brethren Dragging at the
Plew," and of Peter Miller's intercession
for Tery Michael Weidman.
In the same magazine Horatio King, in
an article en " Buchanan's Loyalty,"
produces abundant documentary evidence
te sustain the recent vindication of the cx
president, whose home was, and whose
gravefis in Lancaster.
Restaurant Mobbed.
The restaurant of Milten J. Ruth, in the
basement et the Schiller house, North
Quccu street, was broken into last night
and robbed of nearly all the eatables and
drinkables it contained, including about a
gallon of whiskey, several bottles of ale, a
plate of eggs, two crocks of pickled trip,
pig3-fecr, &c, &c. The thieves also car
ried off a dozen or two of plates and seme
ether dishes, and several bottles filled
with water, which the thieves no doubt
thought te be wine. An cu ranee was
effected by breaking open the front deer
of the saloon, the upper half of which is
glass. One of the glass lights was
broken, and the hasp 'that held the lock
was forced from the jamb of the deer.
The thieves appear te have made them
selves at home after gaining an entrance,
as they built a fire in the stove, and seem
te have made a feast iu the saloon, as the
fleer was strewn with bones, egg shells,
oyster shells and ether debris. Seme
ladies aud children who reside near by,
while returning from church heard the
breaking of glass and .aw some young
men en the steps leading down te the
saloon. Tuey might possibly identify the
thieves.
Lint of Unclaimed Letters.
The following is a list of unclaimed let
ters remaining in the postelficc for the
week ending November 21, 1831 :
Ladies' List. Mrs. A. II. M. Adda ins,
Mrs. Julia Barr, Mrs. Albcrtine Bigclew,
Miss Alice Conway, Miss Sallic Handly,
Miss Fannie Herr, Miss E. R. McC;t:i,
Mrs. McCrca, Miss Elly Mandy, Miss Sal
lie Preston, Mrs. JaneRcigard, Elizabeth
Snyder, Miss Lizzie C. Steche, Miss Emma
Woodward.
Gents List.,. S. Achey, Gee. E. Au
ment, A. R. Breneman, Wi'liam Black,
Geerge Black, Jacob R. Buckwaltcr, F. L.
Cooper, Jehn Clark, Mr. Elscheid, Leon Leen
hard Fagcr (for.), Belthaser Fcrch (for).
Harry Gardner, Samuel S. Greff, J. G.
Geed, S. R. Hackcnberger. Henry II.
Harnish, D. F. Hoever, E. Stanley llnut,
Jehn Jaehlcr, Oscar II. Kurtz, Mr. Kipc,
Wm. Lutz, McLaughlin & Zeek, Jehn
Mcttie, Sig. Vinccnze Nigre (for.), Peter
Neldan, Harry L. SnyderJ(2), Strawbridge
& Ce., Wm. Rcnnelds, Israel H. Zehns.
feet cur or.
An Unfortunate Beiler-ivnker.
Jehn Imgrand,a boiler maker, employed
at the Vesta furnace, at Watts, whose
home is in Reading, was ordered te go te
Columbia this morning te de some work.
He started te walk down the track, when
the Columbia accommodation east csm.3
in sight. He saw the train, but thought
it was coining en the opposite track. The
cngiuccr whistled twice, but the man
made no effort te cscape his danger, and
as the train could nut be stepped in time,
the cow catcher struck him, threw
him te the track aud the wheels passed
ever one of liis legs, crushing it se badly
that amputation was necessary. He was
picked up aud carried into the station, aud
Dr. Craig seut for The right leg was
amputated at the knee and the left ene is
se much bruised aud cut that probably
that etic will also have te be taken efl.
He was brought te Columbia this morn
ing en an extra train, and placed iu the
baggage car of the H. & C. railroad, and
taken te hi home iu Reading. He is un
married, and had but recently began
working at the Vesta furnace.
St. Luke's MiiKlny Scheel Anniversary.
The seventh anniversary of St. Luke's
Sunday school was celebrated last evening
in the chapel, corner of Orange street and
Marietta avenue. The attendance of
scholars aud friends of the Sunday school
was large, and much interest was mani
fested iu the exercises. After invocation,
prayer, reading of the psalm and singing
of a hymn by the school aud congregation,
the annual report was read, which showed
a marked growth iu the attendance of
scholars during the last year. The num
ber of scholars euiellcd is 240 ;and the col
lections of the i-choel ameuutcd during
the ear te ever a hundred dol
lars. After the singing of a hymn Hugh
R. Fulton, esq., made a pleasing address w
te the scholars, followed by Hcv. James
Crawfeid, who apeke particularly te
parents. A collection was lifted for the
cause of home missions which amounted
t'J $9.01. The Sunday .school contributed,
by means of the iMivelepa system, their
collection amounting e$t!.83. The sing
ing of tnc scholars was notably excellent
aud the school euteis another yen with
assurances of gieat success.
Yerk Nevrs.
A most exciting game of feet ball was
played last Saturday morning en the Col
legiate Institute campus the college
against the hit;h school and academy. The
college boys played finely and came out
ahead every inning.
The question which is new agitating the
minds of the Yorkers is, "Shall Yerk be
incorporated into a city"."' Yes, why
net? It has nearly fifteen thousand inhab
itants enough te become a city.
The firs! quarter's examination is ever at
the "Institute," aud the students have be
gun the second quarter's work with re
newed energy ami zeal.
v.'imuuw i;reki:.n.
I'rebuhly an Attempted liurg'ary.
About 3 o'clock, Sunday morning, it
rattle of broken glasa was heard by Wm.
Gtimpf, 108 East King street, and an ex
amination being made it was found that
one of the window lights in the ladies'
trimmings store of Mis:; Jesephine Rein
stein, had been broken. Nothing was
missed from the whitlow, vh eh was filled
with fancy goods, and the .supposition is
that the thieves were scared away by Mr.
Gumpf. It is possible, however, that the
window was broke 1 accidentally by seme
drunken man stumt ling against it. .
Secial Festivities.
Te-night the Liederkianz will held one
of their pleasant seciables iu Schiller hall
ou North Queen street. The invitations
are limited te members and their families,
and they are always very successful
affairs.
The tisir.l Thanksgiving eve entertain
ment of the Mn-ur.ereher will take place
011 Wednesday evening next, in their hall.
Fer years this has been regarded as among
the enjoyable "events" of the season with
thi3 society, aud that of Wednesday even
ing bids fair te be no t ccptim.
Np lttc;--.
A patent, has just i.cn gianlrd te
Christian Fate, of this city, for au im
provement iu sewing machine shuttles.
The new invention lias a wedge shaped
slot cut in the top of the shuttle shell
which enables the thread te he passed out
of it and avoids the tedious operation
of threading it through the eye hole. The
tension spring, which acts about a pivot,
has a wedge attached te it, which fits the
.-let and holds the thread in place iu the
eyelet. This patent was secured by Wm.
It. Gcrhart, solicitor of patents.
Again en tlia Eainpaj;.
Sallie Watsen, a woman of bad char
acter, who rc.-ides in Columbia, but of
late has been making her home iu our jail,
is in trouble again. Several weeks age
she get drunk and threw stones into
Zicgler's hotel en East King street. She
was released a few days age and get
drunk attain en Satin day. She paid
another visit te the hotel and again an
nounced herself by throwing stones. Of
ficer Hebnaii arrested her, and she was
held by Alderman Barr for a hearing.
Change of llii.se.
Mr. Will W. Power, son of mine host of
the City hotel, who for some mouths wasy
connected with the Merchants' hotel of
Philadelphia, has resigned his position in
the latter establishment.and accepted that
of roem-e'erk in "Plumer's" a lirst-elas."
hotel en Chestnut street, opposite Inde
pendence haM, Philadelphia, lately refitted
throughout. Will. is a geed fellow, and
his man j' friends heir .tie ylad te knew of
his advancement. He has entire charge of
the assignment of rooms.
Assigned Estate
Edwin M. Schacffer, saddler, of this
citj has made au assignment of his prop
erty for the benefit, of his creditors, ap ap
peinting Hugh S. Gara assignee. Mr.
Schacffer-'s embarrassment is said te be
only temporary, and te have been caused
by endorsements for the Iato Jehn S.
Gable, of whose estate Mr. Sehaeffer is
one efthc cxcetiteis.
Taken t: l'lttfdjtircli.
The Jacob Baruitz, who was arrested
here en Saturday, en the charge of false
pretcsc and forgery, by Chief of Police
Dcichler, was taken te Pittsburgh yesterday
by Constable II. McDonald, a constable of
that city. The amounts which Barnitz is
behind are said te be a great deal larger
than was at first supposed.
Train Late.
The train due here from Reading at
10:47 was two hours late this morning.
The delay was caused by a freight cngin.j
jumping the track at Ream-stewu. Ne
one was injured.
Committed te Jail.
Win. Ream, the scissors grinder, who
was arrested for drunken and disorderly
conduct, as before reported, had a hearing
bel'010 Alderman Samseu, Saturday even
ing, and was committed for three days.
Found Head in lied.
.Mrs. Hertze?-, of West Cocalico luwn JL
ship, was found dead in bed yesterday
morning. Deputy Corener Stehcr held a
inquest aud the verdict was "death fr in
heart disease."
Killed by si KUMu;4j Herse.
Willie Lamberc. son of A. B. Limbcrn.
of Drumore, has died of Ike injuries from
a kick by a ljersc, received week Lcfeie
last.